News Staff It’s that time of the football season again. Bay City @ 4-2 and El Campo @ 3-2, will continue the state’s oldest rivalry when they meet for 119th time and 103st consecutive year in a District 12-4A, Division I game. Last year, El Campo got the best of Bay City 45-12. Rueben Owens is leading … Read more
A unanimous 6-0 vote Thursday lowered the City of El Campo’s tax rate almost three cents. The 48.419 cents per $100 in taxable property rate is the city’s lowest tax rate since 2013, dropping 2.991 cents starting Oct. 1 from 51.41-cent per $100 during the 20-22 fiscal year. As the 2022 No New Revenue rate, … Read more
El Campo officials hope an access plan will help speed up drop offs Saturday at the Fall Sweep cleanup day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Access to Rotary Park will be directed away from East Jackson as much as possible during the event. If you’re dropping off assorted junk, tires, brush or other items, … Read more
The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center announced it is accepting entries for the 2023 Texas division of Wildlife Forever’s Fish Art Contest through Feb. 28th. The Fish Art Contest is part of an international conservation education program designed to foster youth interest in fisheries and fishing. This program is part of Wildlife Forever’s national contest and … Read more
The City of Wharton is preparing for two major projects and has been using eminent domain and condemnation proceedings to acquire 81 properties recently. The properties have been purchased for the FM 1301 Extension and for the Colorado River levee project. Both projects are a priority of the city and construction on both is expected … Read more
Mike Ferdinand has come home and accepted the position to return to the Matagorda County Economic Development Corporation as its executive director. The board is very excited that the new director will hit the ground running with a working knowledge of Matagorda County. Ferdinand resigned his post in January of this year to accept a … Read more
The Monterey Square Wine and Arts Fair returns for a 14th year on Saturday from 4-10 p.m. in downtown Wharton. There are 35 vendors signed up so far. The activities will include a grape stomp on the courthouse lawn, a photo booth in the gazebo, rhe A&M/Alabama football game on a giant screen on the … Read more
The Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of School Boards have announced that 55 projects will be included in the 2022-23 Exhibit of School Architecture. This exhibit of new and renovated Texas school facilities includes projects from 36 school districts and two colleges that were submitted by 16 architectural firms. Eligible projects are … Read more
Matagorda County Museum & Gourmet Guys Annual Fundraiser was held recently at the Bay City Civic Center. It was an evening of great food, spirits and support for the county’s museum through silent and live auctions. This year’s theme was “Tastes of Texas—A Tribute to Carnival Foods. Recently appointed Director of the Matagorda County Museum … Read more
The Bay City Independent School District will be hosting a Community Homecoming Pep Rally, Monday, October 17th at 6 p.m. The district will be kicking off Homecoming Week with the pep rally. B-C-H-S will be in their “Character Day” Theme attire for homecoming spirit week. That’s any favorite character from a movie or cartoon. The … Read more